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Ecotowns or Egotowns?
A sustainable solution to the UK's housing crisis, or a flimsy excuse for high-profile, profitable construction activity in the green belt? Arch…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod's Opera
The heroine of Charles Gounod's French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. …
8 years, 1 month ago
London Merchants and Their Residences
During the Middle Ages London was home to one of the largest and richest merchant communities in the world. These men and their families invested hea…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Guitar in the Age of Charles I
The courts of James I and his son Charles I were more cosmopolitan than their Elizabethan forebears. Many courtiers had now visited the Continent in …
8 years, 1 month ago
Can We Prevent Coronary Artery Disease: Investing in your Arteries
Professor Deanfield is currently Professor of Cardiology at The Heart Hospital, as well as at Great Ormond Street Hospital and is British Heart Found…
8 years, 1 month ago
Will Bitcoin and the Block Chain Change the Way we Live and Work?
The block chain is the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that underlies the successful Bitcoin cybercurrency.
What is it, how does it work, and why…
8 years, 1 month ago
Maths is Coded in Your Genes
We live in an information age, with vast amounts of data constantly sent around the world. This lecture will introduce you to the mathematics of info…
8 years, 1 month ago
Happily Ever After: The Romance Story
This talk delves into one of the most powerful and omnipresent cultural storylines: Find your one true love and live happily ever after. How does thi…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Party was formed in the 1850s and was the dominant force in British politics for the next 30 years. But, after the First World War, it fe…
8 years, 2 months ago
House, Shop and Wardrobe in London's Merchant Community
During the Middle Ages, London was home to one of the largest and richest merchant communities in the world. These men and their families invested he…
8 years, 2 months ago